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What does Benares mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (dated) Alternative form of Varanasi
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The baby's mother was a pilgrim from Benares, and her baby had been born in the South.
The photos from this exhibition were taken at Benares, Haridwar and Rishikesh, three towns that intersect with the great sacred waterway.
Giving an examle the puran talks about an event that occurred ages before about a hunter from Benares.
The Four Noble Truths are theĀ  original teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni formulated in the Benares Sermon.
Most of the temples in Benares, too, are as far from cleanliness as they are from godliness.
He was sitting under a pipal tree in a little village named Buddh-gaya, southeast of Benares, when light dawned upon his soul.

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